Persian
[ pur-zhuh n, -shuh n ]
/ ˈpɜr ʒən, -ʃən /
adjective
of or relating to ancient and recent Persia (now Iran), its people, or their language.
noun
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
a citizen of ancient Persia.
an Iranian language, the principal language of Iran and western Afghanistan, in its historical and modern forms.
Compare Old Persian, Pahlavi, Farsi.
Architecture.
a figure of a man used as a column.
Persians.
Persian blinds.
Origin of Persian
OTHER WORDS FROM Persian
pre-Per·sian, adjective, noun pseu·do-Per·sian, adjective, noun trans-Per·sian, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for persian
British Dictionary definitions for persian
Persian
/ (ˈpɜːʃən) /
adjective
of or relating to ancient Persia or modern Iran, their inhabitants, or their languages
noun
a native, citizen, or inhabitant of modern Iran; an Iranian
a member of an Indo-European people of West Iranian speech who established a great empire in SW Asia in the 6th century bc
the language of Iran or Persia in any of its ancient or modern forms, belonging to the West Iranian branch of the Indo-European family
See also Avestan, Old Persian, Pahlavi 2, Farsi